Senate Community
Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2619 Mentally Ill/Substance Abusing Offenders Program |
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Requester: |
Olivia Martinez |
Organization: |
Miami Behavioral Health Center, Inc. |
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Project Title: |
Mentally Ill/Substance Abusing Offenders Program |
Date Submitted: |
02/09/2000 2:40:04 PM |
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District Member: |
Alex Diaz de la Portilla |
Service Area: |
Statewide |
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Counties Affected: |
Dade |
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Recipient: |
Miami Behavioral Health Center, Inc. |
Contact: |
Olivia Martinez |
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3850 W. Flagler Street |
Contact Phone: |
(305) 774-3202 |
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Miami 33134 |
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Project Description: |
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The funds are being requested for planning and operation of a program to provide outpatient and in-jail case management and treatment for offenders, misdemeanors and felons, who are mentally ill and/or substance abusers in Miami-Dade County. These offenders are disproportionately Hispanic or African Americans. In Miami-Dade County, there is a serious problem in that mentally ill and/or substance abusing offenders constantly revolve through the courts and Baker Act System. Once these individuals are stabilized in a hospital or crisis stabilization unit, there are no funds to provide outpatient services. The vast majority of these individuals are not Medicaid eligible. This situation results in great human suffering and in great cost to the taxpayers, whose costs in supporting the courts and related expenses are increasing at a fast rate. Keeping offenders stable with treatment and medication is a far more humane and cheaper way of dealing with this problem. |
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Services Provided/Benefit to State: |
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To serve indigent offenders who are mentally ill and/or impaired substance abusers who revolve through the court system. This will relieve human suffering, criminality, and homelessness, and increase public safety. In particular, it will provide care for a population which is being served through the court system, without any long term resolution, causing great unneccessary cost. Overall, this project will help avoid cost to the taxpayer. |
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Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
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Outcomes for this project will be those of the State's existing Outcome Measurement System, plus it will also measure decrease in the revolving syndrom. |
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Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,000,000 |
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Total cost of the project: |
$1,000,000 |
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Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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Is there Local Government or Private match for this request? |
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Unknown |
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Was this project previously funded by the State? |
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No |
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Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Unknown |
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Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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Is there a documented need for this project? |
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Unknown |
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Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
Unknown |
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